Tomatoes! Get one of those five gallon black plastic pots, put some gravel in the bottom and fill it with some good (non-organic) garden soil. Then pick out a yummy looking tomato plant from the garden center (I like Brandywine, Cherokee purple, and any yellow cherry) Seriously they are the easiest thing to grow!!
Guri & Gura looks so cute and reminds me jn title of Chirri & Chirra, also out of Japan and sooooooo delightful!
I believe in you and finding your plant mate!! Also, mint is not so easy, it comes along when it wants to more than when you want it to in my experience but I am a haphazard gardener at best!
I just learned about Guri and Gura from the book Everything You Are Looking for is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama, which is probably the best book I will read all year. Fun to see them again and I will see if the library has the books.
I really love pulling weeds, so gardening is a fun way to get weeds to pull. Try growing some kale. Last year my garden plot partner and I just sprinkled seeds to see what came up and we still have edible dinosaur kale thriving. Somehow kale tastes better when you grow it yourself!
I share your black thumb — and my mother is a certified Master Gardener! Neither of us understand how the apple rolled so far from that tree, ha! My basil plants are embarrassing. But, in recent years I have had success with pepper plants, they love my front patio and have withstood my ineptitude to gift us some lovely spicy jalapeños! Oh and some geraniums I got from a neighbor (another real gardener), and they have survived over a few seasons. I guess I’ll say keep trying, you’ve just got to find the plants that like you :)
SRI! I love that you return to the garden no matter what! I was just speaking to someone yesterday about the term “winning” and how it can become anything. Winning can be about joy and not conventional success. I am happy to report that I’ve successfully kept a plant alive for a full year — the longest of anything except for Delilah 🤍
Love all these spring recs! Believe it or not our highs have been in the mid to high 70s this week. I’m not ready!!! Do you have a sunny windowsill you can try to grow your basil? My other #1 tip for black thumbs is to get a small Aerogarden! It’s practically fool proof.
Tomatoes! Get one of those five gallon black plastic pots, put some gravel in the bottom and fill it with some good (non-organic) garden soil. Then pick out a yummy looking tomato plant from the garden center (I like Brandywine, Cherokee purple, and any yellow cherry) Seriously they are the easiest thing to grow!!
I must share these children's books with parents in GY. 😊
Guri & Gura looks so cute and reminds me jn title of Chirri & Chirra, also out of Japan and sooooooo delightful!
I believe in you and finding your plant mate!! Also, mint is not so easy, it comes along when it wants to more than when you want it to in my experience but I am a haphazard gardener at best!
I just learned about Guri and Gura from the book Everything You Are Looking for is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama, which is probably the best book I will read all year. Fun to see them again and I will see if the library has the books.
I really love pulling weeds, so gardening is a fun way to get weeds to pull. Try growing some kale. Last year my garden plot partner and I just sprinkled seeds to see what came up and we still have edible dinosaur kale thriving. Somehow kale tastes better when you grow it yourself!
I share your black thumb — and my mother is a certified Master Gardener! Neither of us understand how the apple rolled so far from that tree, ha! My basil plants are embarrassing. But, in recent years I have had success with pepper plants, they love my front patio and have withstood my ineptitude to gift us some lovely spicy jalapeños! Oh and some geraniums I got from a neighbor (another real gardener), and they have survived over a few seasons. I guess I’ll say keep trying, you’ve just got to find the plants that like you :)
So many titles that are new to me here -- YAY!
SRI! I love that you return to the garden no matter what! I was just speaking to someone yesterday about the term “winning” and how it can become anything. Winning can be about joy and not conventional success. I am happy to report that I’ve successfully kept a plant alive for a full year — the longest of anything except for Delilah 🤍
Love all these spring recs! Believe it or not our highs have been in the mid to high 70s this week. I’m not ready!!! Do you have a sunny windowsill you can try to grow your basil? My other #1 tip for black thumbs is to get a small Aerogarden! It’s practically fool proof.